Community Sports

Tight play highlighted the annual Rotary Golf tournament at the Lancaster Golf Club on Thursday, Sept. 10.
The foursome of Jalen Perry, Kenny Faulkenberry, Wayne Joyner and Quinton Rodgers captured the win with a birdie on No. 18 when the tourney went to a sudden-death playoff.
The tournament, which drew 17 teams, featured three teams with a 60 each after 18 holes.
The card playoff began on No. 15 and went to No. 18.

The foursome of Logan Sowell, Hubert Brown, Caleb Brown and Jerry Pardue captured top honors in the Sports Ministry of Hyde Park Baptist Church eighth annual golf tournament on Saturday, Aug. 29 at the Kershaw Golf Club.
Sowell, an Andrew Jackson High School golf standout, recently won the Kershaw Golf Club title, while Pardue, a retired Lancaster County teacher and coach, was the KGC runner-up in the championship field.
Tournament proceeds help sponsor HPBC’s mission opportunities for all ages.

The Lancaster High School Bruins swim team remained unbeaten on the season with a sweep of Keenan High School of Columbia on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Lancaster County Pool.
The LHS girls rolled over the Keenan girls, 126-19 and the LHS boys took a 134-22 win over the KHS Raiders.
The LHS teams are each 3-0 on the season.
Lancaster hosted Blythewood on Thursday, Sept. 10. The team’s annual senior night meet is set for Sept. 17.

Columbus Parker Track Club (CPTC) celebrated the team’s success at its annual dinner banquet Saturday, Aug. 29 at A.R. Rucker Middle School, according to a CPTC press release.
Each track member there introduced him or herself and gave a brief speech about the team and what it meant to them.
Guest speaker Bobby Bailey motivated the team members by telling them to never give up – whether it’s competing on the track, or seeking their life goals.
Bailey also encouraged parents to be involved in the community.

Andrew Jackson High School junior ace golfer Emily Cox has earned a bid to play in the prestigious 2015 U.S. Women’s State Team National Championship golf tournament.
Cox, through a spring and summer of success, will play in the elite tournament Sept. 7-12 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
“This is a big honor and I’m so proud of Emily,” AJ High golf coach Champ Williams said.
Team members are selected based on points earned in USGA-sponsored tournaments. The three women with the highest points from each state form a team.

Andrew Jackson High School golf star Logan Sowell captured the Kershaw Golf Club championship, prevailing in a one-hole playoff on Sunday, Aug. 16.
Sowell and Jerry Pardue were tied at 135 after 36 holes in the Kershaw Golf Club championship to force a playoff.
Sowell parred No. 1 to take the one-shot win for the title.
The battle for the Kershaw title was tight as Pardue, a former KGC champion, held a one-shot lead after the opening 18 holes.
Pardue carded a 68, while Sowell posted a 69.

The Olivers led the way for the Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf Association in the annual Thomas D. Todd all-stars tournament at the Patriot Golf Club in Ninety Six on Aug. 22-23.
David Oliver and his sister Braelyn Oliver were the top finishes for the LJGA all-stars in the two-day tournament.
David Oliver, in the boys 7-9 age division, tied for second with a 73 over 18 holes. Landry Williams, age 6, placed ninth.
Braelyn Oliver, in the girls 7-9 age group, finished fourth and Rachel Kate Hinson was sixth.

The Carolina Marlins baseball team will open its quest for a second league championship as they host the Kelton Tigers with a pair of weekend games.
The Marlins, the top seed in the playoffs and the National League champions, will host a 4 p.m. game Saturday, Aug. 22 and a game Sunday, Aug. 23 at 4.
The games will be played at the Wheels of Peace field at 3671 Wheels of Peace Drive.
Take U.S. 521 North to North Corner and turn on Wheels of Peace Drive and follow to the field.
The Marlins, 25-7, 16-4, are the top seed for the playoffs.

One of the Lancaster Golf Club’s “good guys” has played his final round. That’s a shame because Mike “Red Man” Kennington truly loved the game of golf.
Kennington, a fixture at the LGC as a sometimes employee and avid golfer, died last week after a battle with cancer.
During the recent club championship, which saw 14-year-old phenom Anthony “T” Sutton earn the crown, there was still talk of “Red Man.”

Standout golfers in the Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf
Association will be competing for top honors in the annual Thomas D. Todd
all-stars golf tournament at the Patriot Golf Club in Ninety Six this weekend.
Some 14 Lancaster chapter all-stars, ranging in age 7-18, will compete for
titles in the age divisions Saturday, Aug. 22 and Sunday, Aug. 23.
The Lancaster chapter all-stars represent the top two finishers in each
age division during the regular-season tournament play for the 2015 spring